Worldwide tally reaches highest point since CPJ began
surveys in 1990. Governments use charges of terrorism, other anti-state offenses
to silence critical voices. Turkey is the world’s worst jailer. A CPJ special report

Azimjon Askarov, an investigative reporter and human rights
defender, had ended careers and embarrassed officials time and again with his
reporting on law enforcement abuses in southern Kyrgyzstan. When ethnic unrest
broke out in June 2010, authorities struck back with a vengeance. A CPJ special report by
Muzaffar Suleymanov

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There are two views of the press in Armenia today. The first holds that
the press is entirely free to report as it chooses. The second is that
the press is irresponsible. One thing is certain: In the absence of
censorship, Armenian officials resort to verbal pressure and sometimes
physical retribution, to knock journalists into line.